Posted on 04/21/2020 4:53:48 AM PDT by RaceBannon
new thread, starting 4/21/2020
Interesting post. BTTT.
13 U.S. meat plants are down - 25% of pork and 10% of beef
Deena Shanker, Michael Hirtzer, Jen Skerritt and Lydia Mulvany, Bloomberg
Published 8:28 am CDT, Friday, April 24, 2020
The U.S. is edging closer to possible meat shortages with another major plant shut down.
About a quarter of American pork production and 10% of beef output has now been shuttered, according to the United Food & Commercial Workers, which estimates that 13 U.S. plants are down.
On Thursday, Tyson Foods said it was shutting its beef facility in Pasco, Washington, fresh on the heels of the company idling two key pork plants. Case counts are continuing to mount, including in Canada, where industry groups are saying they’ll probably hold back some supplies usually exported to the U.S. And the head of JBS, the world’s top meat producer, is warning of shortfalls.
Meanwhile, 100 U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The workers, part of the Food Safety and Inspection Service that employs about 6,500 inspectors, have been traveling between plants with known infections to other facilities. And at least one inspector has died after apparently contracting the disease the virus causes, Covid-19, according to information the federal agency provided Thursday during a phone call...
https://www.chron.com/business/article/13-U-S-meat-plants-are-down-pork-beef-shortage-15223469.php
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13 U.S. meat industry workers have died of COVID-19, union says
BY KATE GIBSON
APRIL 24, 2020 / 11:58 AM / MONEYWATCH
The union that represents 250,000 meatpacking and poultry plant workers is calling for improved protections for those on the front lines of sustaining the nation’s food supply as the coronavirus spreads.
Ten meatpacking workers and three food processing workers have died of COVID-19, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). In addition, at least 5,000 meatpacking workers and 1,500 food processing workers have been directly impacted by the virus, from testing positive for the disease it causes to missing work due to self-quarantine while they await test results, the labor group said.
The union’s tally of fatalities is lower than one compiled by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, The center found that as of April 23 there have been at least 3,400 reported positive cases tied to meatpacking facilities at 62 plants in 23 states and at least 17 reported worker deaths at eight plants in eight states.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-covid19-meat-food-workers/
“Mortgage bailout balloons by half a million more loans in one week”
COVID-19 is the leading cause of death in L.A. County, public health director says
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/l-a-county-officials-to-provide-update-on-coronavirus-crisis/
Majority of people who tested positive for coronavirus at L.A. County facilities didn’t have any symptoms
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/majority-of-people-who-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-at-l-a-county-facilities-didnt-have-any-symptoms/
I consider asymptomatic to mean no outwardly visible or detectable symptoms.
I’m not sure that we know enough of what this virus does to say that any given person is completely without symptoms despite being infected.
Just my uneducated opinion though.
GROSS. This should go viral.
Here’s the latest numbers from earlier today (Friday) from Minnesota...
Per the Minnesota Department of Health, they are reporting 3185 positive tests for COVID-19, an increase of 243 cases from yesterday (Thursday).
21 new deaths were reported, raising the statewide total to 221. NOTE: Since COVID-19 stats have been kept in Minnesota, this represents that largest amount of same day deaths in the state.
1594 individuals with positive tests are no longer isolating, an increase of 58 from yesterday (Thursday).
Between the Department of Health and private labs, a total of 53787 tests have been conducted, an increase of 2239 tests since yesterday (Thursday).
Currently 278 patients are hospitalized for COVID-19, an increase of 10 from yesterday (Thursday). 111 patients are in ICU, an increase of 7 from yesterday (Thursday).
The median age of all reported cases is 53. The median age of all hospitalized cases is 64. The median age of all deaths is 83.
The age group of all reported positive cases is as follows:
0-5 yrs - 1%
6-19 years - 2%
20-44 yrs - 34%
45-64 yrs - 32%
65+ yrs - 31%
Of all cases, 50% are female and 49% are male.
By ethnicity, whites comprise 56% of all cases and 72% of all deaths. Blacks comprise 13% of all cases and 5% of all deaths. Hispanics comprise 9% of all cases and 3% of all deaths. Asians comprise 4% of all cases and 1% of all deaths.
For more interesting charts and maps, go here:
https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/situation.html
Surgical masks are currently available on Amazon, not from China.
Go to bgr.com to see the masks and click thru the links to Amazon to get the correct ones. Delivery is Prime in a couple of days.
Better hurry!
Hat tip to Erick Erickson radio show (I know).
If he survives that long.
I don't trust either of those two to be above assassination.
Or hanging your laundry outside.
You could also iron anything that can handle it.
I’ve been hearing a lot of reports lately that packages are disappearing from the PO as alarming rates.
What I heard actually started before the virus hit. Friends of ours had trouble with stuff being returned as undeliverable.
Seems like the PO is killing itself.
Johnson City, TN just cancelled their 4th of July fireworks extravaganza...WTF???
Wind will dilute and disperse it. Being in a closed room does not allow for that.
I'm not worried about breathing outdoor air, although I would avoid standing downwind of someone nearby.
They are getting ugly in the Bible Belt...very conservative area.
Good reason to grow your own.
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